Articles filed under Straight from the Source
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'The reality is, this is their new home': Ukrainian Independence Day far from happy for refugees
Aug 24, 2022 6:47 AM - In this Straight from the Source, Addison native Dan Franch, who now lives in Estonia, explains the difficulty of acknowledging Ukrainian Independence Day to the refugees he helps. -
Straight from the Source: Fatherhood in the era of Juneteenth
Jun 18, 2022 8:36 PM - Earl Dickens of Streamwood reflects on his "grand duty, and humbling responsibility" of being a Black father of three children on this Juneteenth Father's Day. -
For us journalists, too, war in Ukraine is a battle for survival
Jun 4, 2022 11:05 AM - Ukrainian writer Zoya Krasovska, who visited the suburbs with a delegation of Ukrainian journalists in 2019, describes life for journalists under the continuing assaults of Russian missiles where she works in Lviv. -
Straight from the Source: An uneasy, but so far calm, life in another former Soviet republic
Mar 25, 2022 12:58 PM - In this Straight From The Source essay, Addison native Dan Franch describes the wariness of living in Estonia, a former Soviet republic where people are watching the events in Ukraine with concern. -
Straight From the Source: How deciding to run a marathon in every state changed my life
Feb 27, 2022 5:58 PM - In this Straight From the Source essay, Colin O'Donnell talks about how he decided to run a marathon in every state and how that journey has brought about a lifetime of experiences and friendships. -
'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward Christmas
Dec 23, 2021 8:00 AM - Nurse Alix Atwell and her family had COVID-19 18 months ago. As she still faces longterm effects, she struggles to return some normalcy to Christmas. -
'I have changed': A nurse suffering long-haul COVID-19 effects looks toward Christmas
Dec 23, 2021 6:29 AM - Nurse Alix Atwell and her family had COVID-19 18 months ago. As she still faces longterm effects, she struggles to return some normalcy to Christmas. -
Straight From the Source: Ida is deja vu for ex-Saints exec from Libertyville who fled Katrina
Sep 1, 2021 8:30 AM - Straight From the Source: Libertyville resident Connie Kowal felt an eerie sense of deja vu as he watched Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans 16 years after he fled Katrina as a member of the Saints organization. -
COVID Diary, Part 4: 'I refuse to let this define me'
Nov 29, 2020 9:36 AM - Alix Atwell, a registered nurse who lives in Barrington, writes a fourth installment in her COVID Diary recounting her and her family's experiences after all of them contracted COVID-19. -
Straight From The Source: How remote learning has brought me new success at school
Oct 7, 2020 1:00 AM - Remote learning has given me the chance to almost create my own schedule, and I have found that I am getting so much more stuff done.
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